Weather Records on 21 April 2024

754 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 21 April 2024. Highest significance: Qinzhou, CN.

Key Facts for 21 April 2024

On 21 April 2024, 754 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
211 were record highs and 342 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 14 monthly and 740 daily.
Qinzhou set a daily record precipitation of 111.0 mm (4.4 in) on 21 April 2024.
Across 159 earlier years (1793 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 460 records.

Record Map

754 stations

754 station records on 21 April 2024 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 21 April 2024: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Qinzhou	China	Record daily precipitation	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lauriedale	Australia	Record daily precipitation	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60 of 100 (Major)
Kiev	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Davis	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Marnhull	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Gadag	India	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Liubashivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Proston Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Dalby Airport	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Shimizu	Japan	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Brenham	United States	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Myronivka	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Odesa	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Jingi Jingi	Australia	Record daily precipitation	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Wallace	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Belmont Csiro	Australia	Record daily precipitation	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Swansea (Catherine St)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Breckenridge	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Wooli Beach	Australia	Record daily precipitation	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Gulbarga	India	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Alicia 2 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hot Springs 1 NNE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Pine Bluff	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.3 C (55.9 F)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Tawakoni	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.6 mm (2.8 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Perry the Pines	Australia	Record daily precipitation	42.6 mm (1.7 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kumbia Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	60.8 mm (2.4 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Dunwich	Australia	Record daily precipitation	46.4 mm (1.8 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ulmarra (Newsagency)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	52.6 mm (2.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Selb/Oberfranken-Lauterbach	Germany	Record snow depth	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Kustanai	Kazakhstan	Record high maximum temperature	29.6 C (85.3 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Gyzylarbat	Turkmenistan	Record high minimum temperature	20.6 C (69.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Haines AP	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.7 C (62.1 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Daandine	Australia	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bolton Point (the Ridge Way)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	98.8 mm (3.9 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Slavgorod	Belarus	Record daily precipitation	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Bad Hersfeld	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Don Muang	Thailand	Record high maximum temperature	40.2 C (104.4 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Weatherford	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Tribune 1W	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Denton 2 SE	United States	Record low maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lake Fk Rsvr	United States	Record daily precipitation	65.0 mm (2.6 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Whittaker	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.0 mm (1.6 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kuyura	Australia	Record daily precipitation	68.0 mm (2.7 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marshfield Exp Farm	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Matanuska Exp Farm	United States	Record high maximum temperature	15.6 C (60.1 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Dunollie	Australia	Record daily precipitation	69.4 mm (2.7 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
The Channon	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Eden	United States	Record low maximum temperature	12.8 C (55.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Lipan 4NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Rosser	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Tampa Intl AP	United States	Record high minimum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Danville Rgnl AP	United States	Record low maximum temperature	11.7 C (53.1 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Felton	Australia	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bad-Sohl Elster	Germany	Record snow depth	10.0 cm (3.9 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Coleman	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	7.0 C (44.6 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Aparri	Philippines	Record high minimum temperature	26.5 C (79.7 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Linden	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ballina Airport AWS	Australia	Record daily precipitation	62.4 mm (2.5 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Kleiner Feldberg/Taunus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	1.5 C (34.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Aksakovo	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	9.5 C (49.1 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

754 records

Records set or tied on 21 April 2024 by type: Highest daily maximum 114, Lowest daily maximum 281, Highest daily minimum 97, Lowest daily minimum 61, Heaviest daily rainfall 176, Heaviest daily snowfall 1, Deepest snow cover 24.

Records on 21 April 2024 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	114
Lowest daily maximum	281
Highest daily minimum	97
Lowest daily minimum	61
Heaviest daily rainfall	176
Heaviest daily snowfall	1
Deepest snow cover	24

Records on 21 April 2024 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 14, daily 740.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

662 broken records

Margins by which the 662 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 110.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

21 April 2024

Top 20 records on 21 April 2024 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
21 April 2024	Qinzhou, CN	daily rain	111.0 mm (4.4 in)	67.7 mm (2.7 in)	72 years	67 of 100 (Major)
21 April 2024	Lauriedale, AU	daily rain	63.0 mm (2.5 in)	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	63 years	60 of 100 (Major)
21 April 2024	Kiev, UA	daily rain	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	10.7 mm (0.4 in)	86 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Ft Davis, US	daily low max	12.2 C (54.0 F)	6.1 C (11.0 F)	119 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Marnhull, AU	monthly rain	62.6 mm (2.5 in)	1.4 mm (0.06 in)	108 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Gadag, IN	daily rain	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	46.9 mm (1.8 in)	44 years	51 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Liubashivka, UA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	27 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Proston Post Office, AU	daily rain	86.0 mm (3.4 in)	38.4 mm (1.5 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Dalby Airport, AU	monthly rain	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	21.6 mm (0.9 in)	11 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Shimizu, JP	daily rain	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	63 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Brenham, US	daily rain	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	57.9 mm (2.3 in)	18 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Myronivka, UA	daily rain	30.0 mm (1.2 in)	19.1 mm (0.8 in)	27 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Odesa, UA	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	8.5 mm (0.33 in)	63 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Jingi Jingi, AU	daily rain	58.8 mm (2.3 in)	9.3 mm (0.37 in)	90 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Wallace, US	daily low max	3.9 C (39.0 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	115 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Belmont Csiro, AU	daily rain	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	64 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Swansea (Catherine St), AU	daily rain	91.0 mm (3.6 in)	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Breckenridge, US	daily rain	38.6 mm (1.5 in)	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	98 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Wooli Beach, AU	daily rain	100.2 mm (3.9 in)	35.2 mm (1.4 in)	50 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
21 April 2024	Gulbarga, IN	daily rain	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	11.4 mm (0.4 in)	66 years	42 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 2024

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 2024. 2024 had 754 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-21 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1814	1
1820	1
1838	1
1849	2
1851	1
1852	3
1854	1
1858	3
1861	2
1865	3
1866	1
1868	1
1870	1
1875	4
1876	2
1877	1
1879	3
1880	1
1881	1
1882	1
1884	1
1885	2
1888	1
1890	1
1891	1
1892	1
1893	2
1894	4
1895	1
1897	1
1898	2
1899	2
1900	7
1901	17
1902	7
1903	3
1904	10
1905	18
1906	5
1907	17
1908	25
1909	20
1910	33
1911	9
1912	22
1913	14
1914	220
1915	24
1916	64
1917	48
1918	84
1919	31
1920	85
1921	59
1922	70
1923	223
1924	119
1925	295
1926	148
1927	284
1928	269
1929	193
1930	127
1931	358
1932	304
1933	201
1934	497
1935	266
1936	277
1937	416
1938	295
1939	110
1940	462
1941	306
1942	285
1943	481
1944	261
1945	367
1946	448
1947	459
1948	365
1949	448
1950	529
1951	884
1952	665
1953	640
1954	527
1955	607
1956	497
1957	824
1958	329
1959	505
1960	889
1961	647
1962	319
1963	778
1964	1,125
1965	658
1966	756
1967	903
1968	655
1969	388
1970	728
1971	546
1972	593
1973	1,163
1974	528
1975	360
1976	452
1977	854
1978	735
1979	449
1980	1,934
1981	944
1982	1,075
1983	1,366
1984	1,231
1985	1,245
1986	977
1987	1,290
1988	898
1989	1,557
1990	1,463
1991	1,291
1992	1,763
1993	847
1994	859
1995	1,476
1996	788
1997	964
1998	876
1999	752
2000	921
2001	967
2002	1,312
2003	607
2004	586
2005	693
2006	761
2007	480
2008	1,327
2009	983
2010	805
2011	1,053
2012	687
2013	1,015
2014	393
2015	621
2016	587
2017	797
2018	862
2019	731
2020	397
2021	1,608
2022	433
2023	887
2024	754
2025	506
2026	853

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	618
20 to 40	25
40 to 60	13
60 to 80	4
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	2